Canadian Federal Politics Thread v5

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

LOL

https://globalnews.ca/news/11688507/...al-government/

A Conservative MP wants to identify federal public servants or members of the Canadian Armed Forces who sympathize with the left-wing#antifa#movement.
Edmonton MP Garnett Genuis has asked federal departments and agencies, as well as the military, if any of their employees are now, or have ever been, members of the decentralized protest movement that stands in opposition to fascist and far-right ideologies.

what a piece of #### loser. but we already knew that.

Guess the people who own this guy demanded he ask these questions.

I would describe the area he is the MP of as very white, and they like it that way.

[Rutuu]

Originally Posted by DJones

Ya sure, nothing to disagree with here. We do not align politically or economically with Ontario/Quebec. We want entirely different things and have different goals and we were not established enough to carve out constitutional supports historically.

Which leads to the question of why the #### would anyone want a system where such a small portion of the population of a gigantic control has such enormous top down control. We're a two party, single house democracy with highly centralized control in the PMO and it has continually gotten worse decade over decade.

FPTP, population disparities, and historical norms just exaggerate what is a heavily flawed system modelled out of the hundreds of year old logic of Aristocracy. Where as I told the other guy, literally pick another system at random and it would be better than ours.

Or...just protest vote the NDP in. I moved to a swing state, and I'll tell you it is amazing. It is exactly how BBS mentioned, and personally I've voted for 3 different parties, and am ready to go for a fourth.

[Blaster86]

His name makes me giggle.

[Fuzz]

Dude is going to get absolutely eviscerated in the HoC.


Why are these clowns so goddamn stupid? How did they get elected, let alone open the door to leave their home in the morning?

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

How did they get elected

They got money from the right people and are willing to loudly announce they hate the right people.

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

LOL

https://globalnews.ca/news/11688507/...al-government/

A Conservative MP wants to identify federal public servants or members of the Canadian Armed Forces who sympathize with the left-wing#antifa#movement.
Edmonton MP Garnett Genuis has asked federal departments and agencies, as well as the military, if any of their employees are now, or have ever been, members of the decentralized protest movement that stands in opposition to fascist and far-right ideologies.

Good grief, this is just so incredibly stupid. I hate this timeline so much.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Good grief, this is just so incredibly stupid. I hate this timeline so much.

I believe he represents the modern Conservative Party though. Hard to even imagine them having the discipline to govern a country.

[indes]

Glad I voted against that loser. His wife is also a teacher and he voted to use the NWC. Also pro life. Just a real gem.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Good grief, this is just so incredibly stupid. I hate this timeline so much.

I know it's French, but it is quite fitting that something so stupid was proposed by someone whose name is also a common misspelling of the word 'genius'.

[Doctorfever]

Put this here to not clog up the Iran thread.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/charlebois...125741604.html

U.S. President Donald Trump seems to prefer launching major geopolitical moves when markets are closed – for a simple reason: markets react.

The United States abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3 – a Saturday. The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began Feb. 28 – also a Saturday. It gave markets time to digest the shock. But markets eventually reopen.

And by Monday, the economic implications were already becoming clearer.

For Canada, the concern is transportation costs across the food supply chain.

If diesel were to spike 25% under a prolonged Iran conflict scenario – combined with Canada’s scheduled industrial carbon price increase on April 1 – the effect on food inflation could be noticeable. The country’s industrial carbon price will rise from $95 to $110 per tonne. Yes, it is still there. Someone in Ottawa once referred to it as “shadow taxing.”

Our models suggest this combination could add 0.4 to 0.7 percentage points to national food inflation by May or June. That may not sound dramatic. But every percentage point of food inflation translates into roughly $150 to $200 more in annual food spending for the average Canadian household. Fresh produce and meat would likely feel the pressure most.

And Canadians are already under strain.

According to the latest data from Statistics Canada, food prices are currently rising at 7.3% year-over-year – far above the country’s overall inflation rate of about 2.3%.


In other words, the system is already running hot.

But carbon pricing is only one part of the equation. Fuel used across the food system – from farm equipment to trucks, rail and processing facilities – is also subject to other levies, including federal excise taxes, provincial fuel taxes, and sales taxes such as GST or HST applied to fuel purchases.

Despite exemptions, these levies still increase transactional costs for everyone involved in food distribution in Canada.

Additional strain to food prices in Canada as a result of the conflict in Iran. Not good for Canadians.

[Looch City]

Thanks Carney.

[Fuzz]

I can't quite put my finger on it there, but it feels like he might be pushing some sort of agenda.


Posting the Yahoo link to perhaps downplay that this was written for The Toronto Sun, who may also be pushing agendas, was a nice attempt.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I can't quite put my finger on it there, but it feels like he might be pushing some sort of agenda.

Posting the Yahoo link to perhaps downplay that this was written for The Toronto Sun, who may also be pushing agendas, was a nice attempt.

Didn't even have to look at the link to know it was Sylvain "The Food Professor" Charlebois with his usual nonsense. At least he's not pushing raw milk in this article, like has had a habit of doing recently.

Most egregious is using February's food inflation number without context. Yes it's high at 7.3% compared to February 2025, but that is almost entirely due to the base effects stemming from the GST holiday that ended in February 2025. Because February 2025's baseline had GST excluded from almost all food (including from restaurants), prices naturally saw a big jump in March 2025 when GST was again applied and that's still showing up in the annual number until March's data comes in.

So he's using a one-time statistical anomaly to make food inflation look worse than it is. Over the last 10 months (which excludes the GST pause), food inflation has only been about 4% annualized.

[Jason14h]

So only 2X the target not 4X!

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

So only 2X the target not 4X!

There is no specific target for food inflation, only overall inflation. But given that the average inflation rate for food over the last 25 years is 3.0%, having 4% right now isn't all that noteworthy. Particularly in light of the fact that overall inflation is relatively low.

[opendoor]

Also, pretty stark results from a new Pew Research study that looked at how people in 25 countries view their fellow citizens. Pretty good indicator that the less we can adopt US-style political discourse and cultural attitudes, the better.



https://www.pewresearch.org/religion...gn=fedica-Main

[calgarygeologist]

The Liberals are cutting almost $200M of funding from the CBC. I can't believe PP would do this to our national broadcaster especially during such a critical time where information is so critical and valuable.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

The Liberals are cutting almost $200M of funding from the CBC. I can't believe PP would do this to our national broadcaster especially during such a critical time where information is so critical and valuable.

This is actually a good example of why Poilievre is a failure.

The Liberals opted to not continue $190M in provisional top up funding for the CBC for 2026-27, bringing their operating budget back down to about where it was in 2024-25. That's a pretty reasonable move given overall government fiscal pressures and won't really impact the CBC's core operations.

Poilievre meanwhile is so ideologically focused that he thought talking about essentially abolishing the CBC was a good idea. If he was more pragmatic, he would have talked about cutting the budget a bit to provide better value, but he's not. But what can you expect from a guy who thought going on Jordan Peterson's show to do a pre-election victory lap was a good idea when he was trying to appeal to moderates.

And he's continuing to flail. Léger (basically the gold standard for Canadian polling) just released a poll today showing the Liberals opening up a 14 point lead over the Conservatives.

[Fuzz]

Last year’s main estimates earmarked $1.43-billion for the CBC, which included a continuation of a $42-million injection originally announced in 2024-25. The broadcaster later received an additional $150-million during the 2025 federal budget (funding that was later included in supplementary estimates for 2025-26).

However, the latest round of estimates include neither the $150-million nor $42-million top-ups—and there’s no indication that the CBC should expect the funding moving forward.

CBC's annual government funding in recent years:

2026-27: $1,383,252,311
2025-26: $1,425,237,411 (later rose to $1,575,237,411)
2024-25: $1,383,237,411 (later rose to $1,425,237,411)
2023-24: $1,287,169,435 (no subsequent expenditures)
2022-23: $1,266,123,241 (later rose to $1,287,123,241)
2021-22: $1,229,423,241 (later rose to $1,250,423,241)
2020-21: $1,210,797,846 (later rose to $1,247,497,846)

This year’s main estimates featured the lowest annual funding total for the CBC since the 2023-24 fiscal year. However, subsequent investments could be announced later this year, including during this fall’s federal budget, as the government traditionally provides three routine updates to the estimates.

https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2026...6-2027/494330/


archive link:
https://archive.ph/ZU0Sv#selection-2389.0-2417.54


So they didn't renew top-up funding, and may announce more later. Given the discussion around funding to similar levels of other national public broadcasters, this is a far cry from Pierre's promises to completely cut it off. Your framing is disingenuous at best.

[Looch City]

Wtf, I love PP now!